LING 1010 TEST 2 QUESTIONS WITH DETAILED
VERIFIED CORRECT ANSWERS
Human knowledge is somehow represented by specific connections between brain cells
True
Neurons
Connections arise spontaneously in great numbers during the first two years of life, some
connections strengthen while others fade, experience (nurture) leads to selections from the
neuronal connections that the genes (nature) have allowed to exist
Nativists claim:
Some neural connections arrive and stay without the influence of any experience, these
correspond to universals (principles)
Specific Language Impairment
no apparent cause, language capabilities are separate from non language capabilities, KE
family: gene abnormality on chromosome 7 in FOXP2
Specific Language Elevation
heightened language abilities, Williams Syndrome, Savants
William's Syndrome
language and general intelligence are independent capacities, intelligence is low, friendly and
talkative
Lateralization
brain has 2 distinct hemispheres each with specific functions not found in the other half, left is
responsible for language, studying split brain patients, dichotic listening
localization
, different parts of the brains are specialized for different functions, related to modularity
frontal lobe
Wernicke
temporal lobe
Broca
aphasia
loss of language capabilities due to brain damage
split brain patient
patient whose brain halves are no longer connected via the corpus callosum
broca's aphasia
grammar is impaired, comprehension is not
wernicke's aphasia
fluent speech, comprehension is impaired, structure is ind. from meaning
ethology
study of animal behavior and cognition
communication can be
intraspecies (same species) and interspecies (different species)
communication
produce a form with the intention to influence behavior of another creature
it is appropriate to call animal communication systems languages
false
Vervet monkeys
VERIFIED CORRECT ANSWERS
Human knowledge is somehow represented by specific connections between brain cells
True
Neurons
Connections arise spontaneously in great numbers during the first two years of life, some
connections strengthen while others fade, experience (nurture) leads to selections from the
neuronal connections that the genes (nature) have allowed to exist
Nativists claim:
Some neural connections arrive and stay without the influence of any experience, these
correspond to universals (principles)
Specific Language Impairment
no apparent cause, language capabilities are separate from non language capabilities, KE
family: gene abnormality on chromosome 7 in FOXP2
Specific Language Elevation
heightened language abilities, Williams Syndrome, Savants
William's Syndrome
language and general intelligence are independent capacities, intelligence is low, friendly and
talkative
Lateralization
brain has 2 distinct hemispheres each with specific functions not found in the other half, left is
responsible for language, studying split brain patients, dichotic listening
localization
, different parts of the brains are specialized for different functions, related to modularity
frontal lobe
Wernicke
temporal lobe
Broca
aphasia
loss of language capabilities due to brain damage
split brain patient
patient whose brain halves are no longer connected via the corpus callosum
broca's aphasia
grammar is impaired, comprehension is not
wernicke's aphasia
fluent speech, comprehension is impaired, structure is ind. from meaning
ethology
study of animal behavior and cognition
communication can be
intraspecies (same species) and interspecies (different species)
communication
produce a form with the intention to influence behavior of another creature
it is appropriate to call animal communication systems languages
false
Vervet monkeys
